Detection and quantification of left atrial structural remodeling with delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1758-1767

  Oakes, Robert S ^a,b   Badger, Troy J ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene G ^a,c   Akoum, Nazem ^a   Burgon, Nathan S ^a   Fish, Eric N ^a   Blauer, Joshua J E ^a,b   Rao, Swati N ^a   Dibella, Edward V R ^a,c   Segerson, Nathan M ^a   Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Windfelder, Jessiciah ^a   McGann, Christopher J ^a,c   Parker, Dennis ^c   MacLeod, Rob S ^a,b   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Imaging; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349190035     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.811877     Document Type: Article

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